(CARROLLTON, Ga.) John Ray Moore of Carrollton, Ga., died Feb. 19, 2013. He was 75.The funeral will be Saturday, Feb. 23, at 2 p.m. at Salem Baptist Church.Mr. Moore was born on June 14, 1937, in Randolph County, Ala., to the late William and Mary Moore.Family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-8…
Quiet, hard-working, gentle-spirited, with a perpetual mischievous smile flitting around his mouth. That is Willie Clyde Holley, who worked at The Roanoke Leader, then the Randolph Leader, for 46 years. Longevity is long associated with the newspaper run by the same family for its 121 years. Holley follows that tradition. After cutting his hours and…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Board of Education continued its efforts to increase safety at local schools during a meeting on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 7. Prior to the meeting, Randolph County Sheriff’s Department deputy Randy Burroughs split his time as a resource officer between Woodland High School and Rock Mills Junior High School. Now Burroughs will be exclusively…
Roanoke police are searching for two women accused of scamming the elderly. According to investigator James Bailey, Tracy Lynn Carlisle Owensby, 42, of 462 LaFayette St., Roanoke, and Erica LaShon Hawkins, 37, of Anniston have been going to homes of elderly people in Roanoke and Anniston and saying they are Secret Service agents there to…
LaGRANGE, Ga.–One of the drivers killed in last week’s horrific crash in LaGrange, Ga., had ties to Randolph County. According to the Georgia State Patrol, Roanoke native Willie LaMont “Mott” Hooks, 28, of LaGrange was driving a 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass and was passing a vehicle in a no-passing zone when his vehicle collided with the…
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Congressman Mike Rogers congratulated the men and women of Wedowee Volunteer Fire Department for receiving a $50,460 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, funding Rogers said would help the Randolph County fire department purchase new operations and safety equipment. Rogers said the grant should be awarded under the 2012 Assistance to Firefighters…
A Roanoke woman was seriously injured on Tuesday afternoon in a one-vehicle accident on Louina Street in Roanoke. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, Leah Noell McAlpin, 20, of 735 Banks Road was traveling north on Louina just after 3 p.m., when she passed Seymour Drive. Her 1997 Nissan Altima left the road…
On a cold, windy, Saturday people turned out to watch the Black History Parade through downtown Roanoke Saturday. It featured some of the young like Southern Union Homecoming Queen Terica Bexley and some older folks like Pastor R.L. Heflin, who made history as a civil rights icon in the county, and Joe Ammons, the first…
GRAY HILL–A fire on Valentine’s night destroyed a home in the Gray Hill community. According to the report from Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, the fire was reported at 7:44 p.m. at 956 County Rd. 461. The wood-frame home was owned by Dorothy Mitchell. The residents, Sharon and Ben Tanner, were not at home at the…
Another step in preparing the old Martin Theatre space for use is being stymied by the rain but Anthony Caldwell and Bobby Durham have equipment in place to begin the work, David Denton said. Denton is a member of the Roanoke Rotary Club committee focusing on revitalizing and re-purposing the shell of the burned-out theatre.…
PUBLIC NOTICE – 212 ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL (UIC) PERMIT AND REQUEST FOR COMMENTS RANDOLPH COUNTY Canaan Systems Inc c/o Bob Guthrie, 4217 Harpers Ferry Road, Birmingham, AL 35213, UIC Permit Number ALSI9956872 has applied for the reissuance of a permit for a Class 5W12 Injection Well…
APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR 2012 STATE COMBINED CAMPAIGN March 15, 2013 is the application deadline for local voluntary charitable health and human care agencies or federations to apply for participation in the fall 2013 State Combined Campaign. The State Combined Campaign will begin in September and is designed to allow state employees to give to recognized…
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed proposals will be received from qualified General Contractors on the Second Floor of the Administration Building in the President’s Conference Room at Southern Union State Community College, Wadley, Alabama, until 2:00 PM (local prevailing time), March 12, 2013; and thereafter opened publicly for construction of: RESOURCE CENTER FOR SOUTHERN UNION STATE…
NOTICE SEEKING BIDS FOR CEMETERY AND CHURCH LAWN CUTTING Union Baptist Church, Old Highway 431, Woodland, AL, is accepting sealed bids for cutting grass at the church and cemetery beginning March 15, 2013 thru the grass cutting season. Separate bids must be submitted for church lawn and cemetery. Bid forms can be obtained by calling…
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV-2013-900016 CHAD WILKINSON, PLAINTIFF VS. A parcel of land lying in the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4, the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4, the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4, the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4, the NW 1/4 of the SE…
“Here we go again” is the natural first reaction to news that the office of state Attorney General Luther Strange raided VictoryLand in Macon County yesterday morning. It was “to ensure that illegal gambling laws are enforced consistently across the state,” according to a press release put out yesterday by Strange’s office. It was a…
I’m sorry, I guess my coastal bias is showing, but what is with this naming storms that are not hurricanes? For decades the only storms that got named came during hurricane season. Now the Weather Channel, on its own, has taken to naming storms. By whose authority, I’d like to know? And the names. Already…
It’s as simple as this. David Bronner has whipped the pants off the powerful Alabama Education Association’s brash new leader, Henry Mabry, who had hoped to put the Retirement System of Alabama’s CEO in a bind and as some believe, take over leadership of the teachers’ and school workers’ division of the system. Two incumbents…
I was out in my back yard searching for a lost dog when I heard my friends shouting, “Look out overhead.” I looked up to see a large bird in a steep dive headed straight for my head. I tried to dodge, but the big bird’s aim was unerring. It hit me at chest level.…
The Woodland Lady Bobcats overcame two big hurdles in their quest for a state championship with a win over Horseshoe Bend in the sub-regional round and a win over North Sand Mountain in the first round of regionals. Woodland, coming off an impressive area tournament, took Horseshoe Bend to the woodshed, winning 76-19 Thursday night…